Combination child&#39;s chair



G. W. MARTIN.

COMBINATION CHILDS CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1919.

1 347,702 Patentedi July 27, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MARTIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION GI-IILDS CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 25, 1919. Serial No. 333,334.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon IV. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Jefferson, in theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Childrens Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture and particularly to a combinednursery chair and table.

An object of this invention is to produce a table and associate with ita chair adjustably connected to assume different positions, one of whichconverts the combined chair and table into a high chair for a child andthe other position of the said chair with relation to the table convertsthe article of furniture into a combined nursery chair and table.

A further object of this invention is to produce an article of furnitureof this character in which the chair is hingedly connected to the tableso that it can be swung into the two positions of adjustment justmentioned, the said table furthermore having a firm supporting frame,the legs of which are caused to engage the floor so that tilting of thetable is practically obviated.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction. and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichFigure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a combined table and chairembodying the invention, the chair being adjusted to a position to forma highchair; and

Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view when theparts are adjusted toproduce a chair and table.

In these drawings 5 denotes the top of a table, 6 the rear legs thereof,7 the front legs thereof, which legs extend from their anchoragesdiagonally outward so that they engage the floor beyond the corners ofthe table. In other words, the legs are set so that they diverge andaccidental tilting of the table is practically obviated. Any suit ablenumber of rungs 8 may be provided to lend stability and strength, but ithas been found in practice that a table constructed substantially asillustrated in the drawing has the proper elements and proportions.

The front rung 9 is preferably low so that it will constitutea supportfor the feet of the occupant of the chair when the parts are in theposition shown in Fig. 2.

The chair comprises in its construction an arcuate shaped member 10 anda similarly shaped member 11, with an intermediate seat 12 held inspaced relation to the members 10 and 11 by posts 13 and 14. A solid bar15 is attached to the ends of the member 11 and the said bar isconnected tothe top of the table by the hinges 16 so that the chair canbe swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2. Thesolid bar 15 in addition to constituting a means for attaching the chairto the table constitutes a foot rest when the chair is used as a highchair, whereas any marring of the surface of this bar is hidden when theparts are set to the position shown in Fig. 2 owing to the fact thatwhat is the upper surface of the bar in Fig. 1 becomes the under surfacewhen the other adjustment is attained.

The article of furniture may be termed a desk and chair rather than atable and chair although the purpose of use is not material and theinventor does not wish to be limited with respect to the term employedin describing the functions.

Rubber buffers or buttons 17 are applied to the members 10 and 11 sothat they bear against the floor and table respectively when the chairis in different positions of adjustment.

I claim- In an article of furniture, atable, a chair comprising an upperand a lower arcuate member, an intermediate seat member, vertical postsconnecting the arcuate members and seat member, a solid bar rigidlyconnected with the forward portions of one of the arcuate members, thesolid bar being of a length equal to the length of a table, means forconnecting the solid bar to the table to permit movement of the chairand bar with relation to the table and said table having end and sidemembers.

GEORGE w. MARTIN.

Patented July 27, 1920.

